Friday, August 30, 2019

Upcoming Sporting Calendar

NCAA Women's Soccer: Berry College season opener today against Maine Maritime

Today: New York (Ramapo College Invite) and Army-West Point (Maine dual meet) season openers in men's cross country, Young Harris final men's soccer preseason contest against Florida Tech 

Friday, September 6th
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Trinity-Dublin

Saturday, September 7th
Men's Tennis: TCNJ Lions Fall Kickoff Tournament Day One
Women's Golf: Saint Lawrence Invite Day One
Women's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Harvard

Sunday, September 8th
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Dartmouth
Women's Golf: Saint Lawrence Invite Final Day
Men's Tennis: TCNJ Lions Fall Kickoff Tournament Final Day

Friday, September 13th
Men's Cross Country: Army Open

Saturday, September 14th
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Kutztown
Men's Tennis: Stevens Invite Day One
Women's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Quinnipiac

Sunday, September 15th
Men's Tennis: Stevens Invite Final Day

Friday, September 20th
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Iona
Men's Cross Country: Coast to Coast Battle of Beantown

Saturday, September 28th
Women's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Notre Dame College

Friday, October 4th
Men's Swimming & Diving: TYR Fall Classic Day One

Saturday, October 5th
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Notre Dame College
Men's Swimming & Diving: TYR Fall Classic Final Day
Men's Cross Country: Paul Short Invite

Friday, October 11th
Men's Swimming & Diving: Army-West Point v. Massachusetts

Saturday, October 12th
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Lindenwood

Friday, October 18th
Fencing: NAC-North American Cup Day One
Men's Cross Country: Army-Navy Star Meet

Saturday, October 19th
Fencing: NAC-North American Cup Day Two
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Saint Bonaventure

Sunday, October 20th
Fencing: NAC-North American Cup Final Day

Saturday, October 26th
Men's Swimming & Diving: New York v. Rowan
Men's Rugby: Army-West Point v. Mary Washington

Friday, November 1st
Men's Wrestling: Ithaca College Invite Day One

Saturday, November 2nd
Fencing: Temple-U Open Day One
Men's Cross Country: Patriot League Championships and UAA Championships
Men's Wrestling: Ithaca College Invite Final Day

Sunday, November 3rd
Fencing: Temple-U Open Final Day

Tuesday, November 5th
Men's and Women's Fencing: New York v. Stevens Tech

Saturday, November 9th
Men's Cross Country: ECAC Championships
Men's Wrestling: Ned McGinley Invitational

Thursday, November 14th
Men's and Women's Fencing: New York v. Columbia

Sunday, December 8th
Men's and Women's Fencing: Sacred Heart Tradition Tournament
Soccer News
Two goals and two points separate the top eight teams in the Spanish Primera Division standings

Stade Rennes, Lyon, Paris Saint-Germain, and Lille hold current top-four spots in French Ligue 1; Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, SC Freiburg, and VfL Wolfsburg hold current top-four spots in German Bundesliga

The first round of Champions League action will be Tuesday, September 17th and Wednesday, September 18th


NCAA Football
Army-West Point will host Rice University today in their season opener


Soccer- German Bundesliga today
Borussia Monchengladbach v. RB Leipzig
*Borussia seventh in league, looking for second straight win
*Leipzig second in league, looking for fifth straight win 


Soccer- French Ligue 1 today
Metz v. Paris Saint-Germain
*Metz eleventh in league, looking to stop two-match losing streak
*Paris Saint-Germain third in league, looking for second straight win


Soccer- English League Championship today
Cardiff City v. Fulham
*Cardiff City looking to bounce back from 0-1-1 stretch; Fulham looking to bounce back from 0-2 stretch 


Men's Basketball
The FIBA World Cup will start tomorrow


High School Soccer
The Cottage School will host Mill Springs today in their season and conference opener


NCAA Men's Soccer
Coast Guard will open their season today against Rhode Island College

New York will open their season today against Ithaca College and tomorrow against Hobart College


eSports
There will be a tournament in Melbourne starting today and continuing on Sunday


NCAA Women's Volleyball
Action today: Pratt Institute v. Wheaton-Massachusetts and New York v. Buffalo State
Action tomorrow: Wheaton-Massachusetts v. Buffalo State, New York v. Wheaton-Massachusetts, and New York v. Pratt Institute

Coast Guard will open their season today against RIT before meeting New Paltz and Scranton tomorrow


Upcoming Mixed Martial Arts News
Cage Warriors will make its return to Ireland on Saturday, November 9th 


Middle School Soccer
The Cottage School is currently 1-1 on the year, with 3 goals scored and 4 allowed, after a 3-0 loss against the Swift School on Tuesday and a 3-1 win against Mill Springs on Wednesday


NCAA Women's Soccer
Army-West Point will host Long Island on Sunday

New York will open their season today against Rutgers-Newark and Sunday against Vassar College

Coast Guard will be in action tomorrow against Emmanuel-Massachusetts in their season opener

Monday, August 26, 2019

October and November
The NBA season kicks off on Tuesday, October 22nd; the Premier Fighting League playoffs start on Friday, October 11th; and the Southeast Asian Games start on Saturday, November 30th


Mixed Martial Arts
Week ten of Dana White's Contender Series will be tomorrow, League Fighting Alliance 74 will be on Friday, and UFC Fight Night Shenzhen will be on Saturday


Looking ahead to Saturday, September 28th
A UFC Fight Night in Copenhagen, as well as a Bellator card that will start a 16-man Grand Prix tournament


If the WNBA Playoffs started tomorrow...
In the opening round, the 5-seed Chicago Sky would meet the 8-seed Phoenix Mercury, while the 6-seed Seattle Storm would meet the 7-seed Minnesota Lynx. In the second round, the 3-seed Los Angeles Sparks would meet the Sky/Mercury winner, while the 4-seed Las Vegas Aces would meet the Storm/Lynx winner. The top-seed Washington Mystics and second-seed Connecticut Sun would earn double-dyes to the league semifinals


Soccer- Italian Serie A today
Internazionale v. Lecce
*Internazionale: four straight 1-1 draws
*Lecce: coming off of 4-0 Coppa Italia win over Salernitana


WNBA Playoff Watch
After a league-wide off day today, there's a full slate of games tomorrow.
19-11 Las Vegas Aces @ Fever
13-15 Phoenix Mercury @ Liberty
16-10 Los Angeles Sparks @ 21-8 Washington Mystics
18-11 Chicago Sky @ 15-15 Minnesota Lynx
20-9 Connecticut Sun @ 15-14 Seattle Storm


Soccer- Irish Premier Division today
Dundalk v. UCD
*Dundalk first in division by four points (62-58) and looking for second straight win
*UCD -41 in goal differential, last in division


Soccer- French Ligue 1 tomorrow
Montpellier v. Lyon
*Lyon currently second in league standings


Soccer- U.S. Open Cup final tomorrow
Atlanta United v. Minnesota United
*Atlanta United looking for Open Cup/Campeones Cup double 


High School Softball
8-2 Chamblee (six straight wins) has three games this week: Riverwood today, Lithonia tomorrow and Miller Grove on Thursday

1-1 Drew Charter will be in action tomorrow against Galloway

Lakeside-DeKalb's varsity team will have two games this week: Tucker today and Columbia on Wednesday. Lakeside-DeKalb's JV team will be in action today against Decatur


NCAA JV Men's Soccer
Young Harris will open their season on Saturday against the Georgia Storm


High School Soccer
The Cottage School will have their season- and conference-opening contest on Friday against Atlanta Area


NCAA Women's Ice Hockey
Liberty University's D1 club team will open their season on Saturday against the Hamilton Hawks


NCAA Men's Soccer
Young Harris will close their preseason schedule with two games this week: Anderson-South Carolina tomorrow and Florida Tech on Friday


High School Volleyball
The Cottage School will have two non-conference contests this week: Atlanta Jewish Academy tomorrow and Brandon Hall on Thursday


Tennis
The U.S. Open starts up today in both men's and women's competition


Men's Basketball
The FIBA World Cup will start on Saturday


NCAA Women's Soccer
Young Harris will close preseason competition on Thursday against the CSA Impact

Friday, August 23, 2019

Soccer- USL Championship- Current Leaders
New York Red Bulls II (15 wins, 50 points) lead the Eastern Conference
Phoenix Rising FC (16 wins, 53 points) lead the Western Conference


Premier League Soccer today
Aston Villa v. Everton


Major League Soccer today
Orlando City v. Atlanta United
Portland Timbers v. Seattle Sounders


Soccer- German Bundesliga today
FC Cologne v. Borussia Dortmund
*Borussia Dortmund currently lead the Bundesliga (1-0, +4 on goal difference)


Soccer- USL Championship today 
Pittsburgh Riverhounds v. Loudoun United FC
Phoenix Rising FC v. Sacramento Republic FC
*Phoenix Rising looking for a fourteenth straight win 


NCAA Women's Soccer
Dartmouth will host Saint Rose tomorrow in an exhibition

After a 1-0 win over LSU yesterday, Villanova will host Saint Joseph's on Sunday

After a double-overtime draw yesterday against Northern Arizona, Army-West Point will host Vermont on Sunday

After a win yesterday over Fordham, Tennessee will host Mercer on Sunday

Young Harris will have their penultimate scrimmage contest tomorrow at Lee University


WNBA Playoff Watch
The 19-8 Connecticut Sun will host the 19-9 Las Vegas Aces at the Mohegan Sun Arena; and the 16-11 Chicago Sky will host the 20-7 Washington Mystics at the Wintrust Arena. All four teams have clinched playoff spots, along with the Los Angeles Sparks. The other game tonight will see the New York Liberty hosting the Atlanta Dream 


Rugby- Friendly- matches tomorrow 
England v. Ireland
Scotland v. France


High School Volleyball
The Cottage School, coming off of a straight-set conference-opening win against Atlanta Area on Tuesday, will host Covenant Christian today


eSports
The League of Legends Championship Series final will take place on Sunday


NCAA Football
Miami and Florida will kick off the 2019 season tomorrow evening

Villanova will take on Colgate tomorrow in their season opener


Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator 225 will take place tomorrow


NCAA Men's Soccer
Dartmouth will have the Green & White Match on Sunday


NCAA Women's Rugby
Army-West Point will host Harvard in their season opener on Saturday, September 7th

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Soccer- CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores first leg later today
River Plate v. Cerro Porteno
*River Plate looking for third straight win


Minor League Baseball- early games today
Tampa Tarpons v. Florida Fire Frogs, noon Eastern
Gwinnett Stripers v. Norfolk Tides, 12:05p Eastern


Major League Baseball- current wildcard standings
American League: The Cleveland Indians (74-53) and Oakland Athletics (73-53) currently hold the top two spots, with the Tampa Bay Rays (74-54) close behind in third
National League: The Washington Nationals (69 wins) and St. Louis Cardinals (67 wins) hold the top two spots. However, both the Phillies and Mets have 66 wins, the Brewers have 65 wins, and the Diamondbacks have 64 wins


WNBA Playoff Watch- games this evening
The 13-15 Minnesota Lynx (eighth) will host the Dallas Wings at the Target Center, while the 16-10 Los Angeles Sparks (fourth) will host the Indiana Fever at the Staples Center


Soccer News
UEFA Europa League qualification continues today with first-leg games
*Torino v. Wolverhampton Wanderers at 3p Eastern


Soccer- CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana first leg later today
Corinthians v. Fluminese 
*Corinthians looking for second straight win, Fluminese looking to snap two-match losing streak


Tennis
U.S. Open qualifying continues today. The actual bracket will start on Monday and continue through Sunday, September 8th


Soccer- Mexican Ascenso MX tonight
U. de G. v. Atletico Zacatepec
*Atletico Zacatepec looking for third straight win


Major League Soccer tonight
Sporting Kansas City v. Minnesota United


Road Running
The Big Pumpkin 5K will take place on Saturday, October 26th. This has been officially announced as a qualifier event for the Peachtree Road Race


NCAA Women's Soccer tonight
Army-West Point v. Northern Arizona
Duke v. LaSalle
Villanova v. LSU
Central Florida v. Wisconsin
North Carolina v. Indiana
Boston College v. Massachusetts
Clemson v. Utah
Florida State v. TCU
James Madison v. Georgetown
Mississippi State v. Alabama A&M
Notre Dame v. Saint Louis
Ohio State v. Louisville
Purdue v. Georgia
South Carolina v. NC State
South Florida v. Auburn
Tennessee v. Fordham
UNC Greensboro v. Arkansas
Virginia Tech v. Liberty
Wake Forest v. Temple
Kentucky v. Bowling Green
Alabama v. Brigham Young
Memphis v. Arkansas-Little Rock
Ole Miss v. North Alabama
Missouri v. Southern Miss
Texas v. Gonzaga
UT Rio Grande Valley v. Miami
Vanderbilt v. Georgia State
Hawaii v. Southern Cal
San Diego State v. Texas Tech
Santa Clara v. Texas A&M


Bass Fishing
There is a Bassmaster Elite event going on now on ESPN3

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

WNBA Season Bests
Most wins: Washington Mystics (20)
Best winning percentage: Washington Mystics (74.1%)
Most home wins: Connecticut Sun (13)
Most road wins: Washington Mystics (10)
Most points per game: Washington Mystics (88.6)
Fewest points yielded per game: Seattle Storm (74.6)
Biggest positive points differential: Washington Mystics (+11.5)


WNBA Guaranteed Playoff Teams
The 20-7 Washington Mystics (six straight wins), the 19-8 Connecticut Sun (three straight wins), and the 18-9 Las Vegas Aces (three straight wins) have all clinched playoff spots


High School Soccer
The Cottage School's first two games- today against Atlanta Area and next Wednesday against Tapestry Charter- have been removed from the schedule. They will open their season next Friday, August 30th, against Mill Springs in a conference contest


WNBA Playoffs Watch- games today
The 15-11 Chicago Sky (fifth) will take on the Atlanta Dream; the 18-9 Las Vegas Aces (third, playoff spot clinched) will host the 13-13 Phoenix Mercury (seventh); and the 15-10 Los Angeles Sparks (fourth) will host the 13-14 Minnesota Lynx (eighth)


PGA Tour Golf
The Australian Open will take place from Thursday, December 5th through Sunday, December 8th


High School Volleyball
The Cottage School will open their season and conference schedule today against Atlanta Area

Monday, August 19, 2019

Soccer- Portuguese Liga today
Tondela v. Portimonense


High School JV Softball
Lakeside-DeKalb will host Southwest DeKalb this evening


Soccer- Russian Premier League today
Spartak Moscow v. CSKA Moscow


Soccer- Turkish Super Lig today
Fenerbahce v. Gazisehir Gaziantep


High School Varsity Softball
Pebblebrook will host New Manchester, Clarkston will host Stone Mountain, Miller Grove will host McNair and Druid Hills will host Lakeside-DeKalb this evening


Soccer- Belgian First Division A today 
Zulte-Waregem v. Royal Charleroi SC


Soccer- French Ligue 2 today
AJ Auxerre v. Guingamp

Saturday, August 17, 2019

National Women's Soccer League tomorrow
Sky Blue FC v. Reign FC


Soccer- English League Championship tomorrow
Reading v. Cardiff City


Major League Soccer tomorrow
Portland Timbers v. Atlanta United


Premier League Soccer tomorrow 
Sheffield United v. Crystal Palace
Chelsea v. Leicester City


Premier League Soccer- Monday
Wolverhampton Wanderers v. Manchester United


Soccer- Irish Premier Division- Monday
Waterford v. Shamrock (second place in division)


WNBA Playoff Watch- games tomorrow
The 18-8 Connecticut Sun (second) will host the Dallas Wings; the 19-7 Washington Mystics (leaders, clinched playoff spot) will host the Indiana Fever; the 15-10 Chicago Sky (fifth) will host the 17-9 Las Vegas Aces (third); the 12-13 Phoenix Mercury (eighth, final playoff spot) will host the New York Liberty; and the 14-13 Seattle Storm (sixth) will host the 13-13 Minnesota Lynx (seventh)


NCAA Men's Soccer
Young Harris will be at Gardner-Webb on Wednesday in their first of two scrimmage contests


Tennis
The Western & Southern Open has men's and women's semifinal action going on right now and later today 


NCAA Women's Soccer
Young Harris will unofficially open their season tomorrow against L.S.A. with a scrimmage 


WNBA News
Today and Monday are league-wide off-days

At 19-7 and with five straight wins, the Washington Mystics are the first team this year to clinch a playoff spot


Georgia State High School High-Q
North Atlanta defeated Decatur 660-445 earlier today to move on in the full-school-year bracket 

Thursday, August 15, 2019

NCAA JV Men's Soccer
Young Harris will open their season Saturday, August 31st against the Georgia Storm


NCAA Field Hockey
Limestone College will open their season Friday, September 6th at home against Southern New Hampshire


NCAA Competitive Cheerleading
Young Harris has earned a silver bid to the 2020 NCA Collegiate Cheer & Dance Championships, set for April 8-12 in Daytona Beach, Florida


NCAA Men's Tennis
Young Harris will open their season Saturday, September 14th with a home contest against Johnson C. Smith


Soccer News
UEFA Europa League qualification will continue today with second-leg games


High School Varsity Softball
Chamblee will host Cedar Grove today, Miller County will host Pataula Charter today, Marist will host West Hall today, Flowery Branch will be at White County today, Brooks County will be at Early County today in conference action and Lakeside-DeKalb will have a road game today at Decatur

On Saturday, Westminster will meet Blessed Trinity


Soccer- Women's International Champions League today
Lyon v. Atletico Madrid
North Carolina Courage v. Manchester City


NCAA Women's Golf
Young Harris will open their season Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd at the Battle at Old South


Soccer- Spanish Primera Division tomorrow
Athletic Bilbao v. Barcelona


Soccer- German Bundesliga tomorrow
Bayern Munich v. Hertha Berlin


Soccer- French Ligue 1 tomorrow
Lyon v. Angers


NCAA Women's Tennis
Young Harris will have a season-opening doubleheader on Sunday, September 15th against Lees-McRae and Mars Hill


Soccer- English League Championship tomorrow
Huddersfield Town v. Fulham


Soccer- Scottish League Cup tomorrow 
Motherwell v. Heart of Midlothian


Tuesday, August 13, 2019

High School Softball
Lakeside-DeKalb's varsity team will look to move to 2-0 with a home game today against Tucker (they defeated Druid Hills 18-7 in their season opener yesterday). Lakeside-DeKalb's JV team will open their season tomorrow at Clarkston


Soccer- English Carabao Cup today (portion of the games)
Accrington Stanley v. Sunderland
AFC Wimbledon v. Milton Keynes Dons
Barnsley v. Carlisle United
Blackburn Rovers v. Oldham Athletic
Blackpool v. Macclesfield Town
Bradford City v. Preston North End
Brentford v. Cambridge United
Bristol Rovers v. Cheltenham Town
Charlton Athletic v. Forest Green Rovers
Colchester United v. Swindon Town
Coventry City v. Exeter City
Gillingham v. Newport County
Grimsby Town v. Doncaster Rovers
Huddersfield Town v. Lincoln City
Luton Town v. Ipswich Town 
Mansfield Town v. Morecambe
Middlesbrough v. Crewe Alexandra
Nottingham Forest v. Fleetwood Town
Oxford United v. Peterborough United
Plymouth Argyle v. Leyton Orient
Port Vale v. Burton Albion
Queens Park Rangers v. Bristol City
Rochdale v. Bolton Wanderers
Salford City v. Leeds United


High School Volleyball
Chamblee will meet Whitewater in non-region action on Thursday

Monday, August 12, 2019

NCAA Beach Volleyball
Liberty University's club team will open their season Saturday, October 5th at Stevenson


NCAA Equestrian
Liberty University's club team will open their season with an IHSA show at Christopher Newport Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd


NCAA Shooting
Liberty University's club team will open their season at the Terrapin Classic, which will be held Saturday, September 21st in Glen Dale, Maryland


NCAA Football
Coast Guard will travel to U-New England on Saturday, September 7th for their season opener

Looking for their fourth straight win dating back to last season, Mercyhurst will host Lake Erie on Thursday, September 5th in their home- and season-opening contest 

UNC Pembroke will host Winston-Salem State on Thursday, September 5th to open their season


NCAA Women's Ice Hockey
Liberty University's D1 club team will host the Hamilton Hawks on Saturday, August 31st


NCAA Triathlon
Liberty University's men's and women's club teams will be at the Patriot Triathlon in Williamsburg, Virginia on Saturday, September 7th to open their season


NCAA Cross Country
Both Coast Guard teams will open their season Saturday, September 7th at the Trinity College Invite in Wickham Park
*NCAA D3 Postseason: The NEWMAC Championships will be Sunday, November 3rd at Franklin Park and Bowdoin College will host the Northeast D3 Qualifier on Saturday, November 16th


High School Cross Country
The Cottage School will open their season on Saturday with a meet at Loganville Christian
*Postseason High School Cross Country: The Atlanta Athletic Conference Championship meet will be Thursday, October 3rd, the GISA AA Region meet will be Thursday, October 24th, and the GISA State meet will be Saturday, November 2nd


NCAA Men's Soccer
Coast Guard will host Rhode Island College on Friday, August 30th in their season opener


WNBA Playoffs Watch
After a WNBA-wide off day today, two playoff-contention teams will be in action tomorrow. The 12-12 Minnesota Lynx, currently in seventh in the standings, will look to remain in top-eight playoff contention with a road contest at the New York Liberty at the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York. In addition, the 16-9 Las Vegas Aces- in fourth place but a half-game out of the top two (which I believe is double-bye territory)- will host the Atlanta Dream at the T-Mobile Arena


NCAA Women's Soccer
UNC Pembroke will host Mount Olive for a home scrimmage on Saturday, August 31st before officially opening their season Saturday, September 7th with a home contest against Belmont Abbey 

Army-West Point will unofficially open their season with an exhibition contest tomorrow against Seton Hall at the Red Bulls Training Facility in Whippany, New Jersey

Coast Guard will open their season on Saturday, August 31st at Emmanuel-Massachusetts


High School Softball
Lakeside-DeKalb's varsity team will open their season today at home against Druid Hills, tomorrow at home against Tucker, and Wednesday at home against Martin Luther King. Lakeside-DeKalb's JV team will open their season on Wednesday with a road game at Clarkston

Friday, August 9, 2019

NCAA Women's Volleyball
Eckerd will host Malone, Tiffin-Ohio, West Liberty and Central Oklahoma for the Eckerd Invitational Friday, September 6th and Sunday, September 7th

Reinhardt will open their season on Friday, August 23rd and Saturday, August 24th at the Mid-South Conference Challenge


WNBA Playoff Watch yesterday
The Mystics defeated the Fever to improve to 16-7, and the Sparks defeated the Mercury to move to 14-8 (Sparks have won four in a row)


WNBA Playoff Watch- games today
The 16-6 Connecticut Sun will take on the 11-11 Minnesota Lynx at the Target Center, and the 15-8 Las Vegas Aces will host the 13-9 Chicago Sky at the Mandalay Bay Event Center
Current WNBA Standings (teams in action tonight): Sun lead the standings, Aces in third, Sky in fifth and Lynx in seventh 


NCAA Men's Soccer
Lynn University will open their season with two home contests: Thursday, September 5th against Florida Memorial and Saturday, September 7th against Davenport

Eckerd will open their season with two home contests: Thursday, September 5th against Florida College and Sunday, September 8th against Francis Marion


NCAA Football
Reinhardt will open their season at home Saturday, August 24th against Webber International (FL)


NCAA Women's Soccer
Eckerd will open their season with two home contests: Friday, September 6th against Georgia College and Sunday, September 8th against ASA College-Miami

Reinhardt will open their season Wednesday, August 21st at home against Life University before traveling to U-Mobile on Saturday, August 24th


NCAA Men's Golf
Eckerd will open their season Monday, September 16th and Tuesday, September 17th at the Kiawah Island Fall Invitational (Kiawah Island Golf Course at Kiawah Island, South Carolina)

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Pan-Am Games Updates (competition concludes on Sunday)
Swimming: The 4x100 meter mixed medley relay final is set for this evening. The field from top seed to eighth seed is as follows: United States, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, and Venezuela
Basketball: Argentina's women's team entered their final preliminary match out of medal contention but picked up their first win of the tournament just minutes ago over the Virgin Islands, 73-59
Pan-Am Games Updates
Swimming: The men's and women's 100-meter freestyle finals are set for this evening. Michael Chadwick and London 2012 champion Nathan Adrian are in the men's final for the United States, along with Brett Fraser of the Cayman Islands. Margot Beer and Lia Neal of the United States are in the women's final, along with Elisbet Matos of Cuba
Archery: Casey Kaufhold of the United States is into the quarterfinals of the women's individual recurve competition, which will be later today


Little League Baseball
Washington D.C. and New York will meet this evening in Mid-Atlantic regional semifinal competition
Little League Baseball
Iowa v. Minnesota is live now on ESPN+ in Midwest Regional semifinal action


NCAA Field Hockey
Mercyhurst will open their season Friday, September 6th against Belmont Abbey and Saturday, September 7th against Queens-Charlotte


WNBA Games and Playoff Watch- tonight
The 15-7 Washington Mystics (playoff watch) will host the 8-15 Indiana Fever tonight (7 Eastern) at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington D.C. The 13-8 Los Angeles Sparks (playoff watch) will host the 11-10 Phoenix Mercury tonight (10 Eastern on ESPN2) at the Staples Center. The 12-11 Seattle Storm will host the 6-16 Dallas Wings tonight (10 Eastern on ESPN3) at the Angel of the Winds Arena


NCAA Men's Water Polo
Mercyhurst will open their season at the Washington & Jefferson Invite on Saturday, September 7th, competing against Michigan State's club team, Gannon, and the host team


Major League Soccer tonight
The Houston Dynamo will be in action against the New York City F.C. at 7 Eastern


NCAA Men's Golf
Mercyhurst will open their season Monday, September 9th and Tuesday, September 10th at the Clarion Invitational


Soccer News
UEFA Europa League qualifying action will continue today with first-leg matches

Liverpool v. Norwich City tomorrow will open the Premier League season

A.S. Monaco v. Lyon tomorrow will open French Ligue 1 competition


NCAA Women's Tennis
Mercyhurst will open their season Saturday, September 21st through Monday, September 23rd with the ITA Atlantic Region Championships


Soccer- USL Championship competition tomorrow (both games on ESPN+)
Loudoun United FC v. Charlotte Independence (7:30 pm Eastern)
Tacoma Defiance v. Orange County S.C. (10 pm Eastern)


Soccer- Scottish Championship competition tomorrow
Partick Thistle v. Dundee United


Soccer- Northern Irish Premiership tomorrow
Glenavon v. Glentoran


Soccer- South African Premiership tomorrow
Maritzburg United v. Highlands Park F.C.


Soccer Saturday
In addition to a full slate of Premier League and Major League Soccer action, Atletico Madrid will meet Juventus in International Champions Cup competition

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

NCAA Swimming & Diving
Both New York teams will travel to Rowan University on Saturday, October 26th for their season opener


WNBA Playoffs Watch- yesterday's result
Washington Mystics def. Vegas Aces 99-70 (Mystics 15-7, Aces 15-8)


NCAA Fencing
Both New York teams will open their season Friday, October 18th through Sunday, October 20th at the NAC-North American Cup in Kansas City


WNBA Action today
10-11 Lynx in action against 5-17 Dream


NCAA Tennis
Both New York teams will travel to the College of New Jersey Saturday, September 7th and Sunday, September 8th for the Lions Fall Kickoff Tournament to open their season


UEFA Champions League Qualifying- first leg 1 pm Eastern games
Apoel Nicosia v. FK Qarabag and PAOK Salonika v. Ajax Amsterdam


NCAA Cross Country
Both New York teams will open their season Friday, August 30th at the Ramapo College of New Jersey Season Opener


UEFA Europa League Qualifying- first leg games today 
Ararat-Armenia v. Saburtalo Tbilisi
Riga FC v. HJK Helsinki
FK Sutjeska v. Linfield


NCAA Men's Soccer
New York will open their season Friday, August 30th at Ithaca College and Saturday, August 31st at Hobart College


Rugby
The IRB Pacific Nations Cup continues on Friday, with Tonga taking on Canada


NCAA Women's Soccer
New York will open their season Friday, August 30th at Rutgers-Newark and Sunday, September 1st at Vassar College

Monday, August 5, 2019

Baseball News
Little League regional action is now live on ESPN+


NFL News
Week one of preseason play is this weekend, with games Thursday, Friday, and Saturday


WNBA Playoffs Watch
The 15-7 Las Vegas Aces will host the 14-7 Washington Mystics this evening (10 pm Eastern) at T-Mobile Arena. On Wednesday, the 12-9 Chicago Sky will host the New York Liberty at Wintrust Arena. On Thursday, the 13-8 Los Angeles Sparks will look to defend the Staples Center against the Phoenix Mercury. On Friday, the 16-6 Connecticut Sun will travel to the Target Center to take on the Minnesota Lynx


Soccer- English League Championship today
Huddersfield Town v. Derby County (2:45 pm Eastern, ESPN+)


Soccer- English Carabao Cup tomorrow
Portsmouth v. Birmingham City (2:45 pm Eastern, ESPN+)


Soccer- United States Open Cup tomorrow 
Orlando City v. Atlanta United (7:30 pm Eastern, ESPN+)


Mixed Martial Arts
The UFC Apex in Las Vegas will host Week 7 of Dana White's Contender Series tomorrow on ESPN+ (8 pm Eastern)

Memorial Hall in Kansas City will host Invicta FC 36 on Friday

On Saturday, Antel Arena in Montevideo, Uruguay will host a UFC Fight Night

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Rugby Saturday
IRB Pacific Nations Cup tripleheader: United States v. Samoa, Fiji v. Canada,  and Japan v. Tonga


NCAA Women's Volleyball
Flagler will officially open their season Friday, September 6th and Saturday, September 7th with the Flagler Saints Invitational. Southern Wesleyan, Rollins, Newberry and Shorter will be the other teams in the field


High School Softball
Lakeside-DeKalb's varsity team will open their season with three straight home games: Monday, August 12th against Druid Hills, Tuesday, August 13th against Tucker, and Wednesday, August 14th against Martin Luther King, before traveling to Decatur for a road contest on Thursday, August 15th


NCAA Men's Golf
Flagler will open their season Monday, September 23rd and Tuesday, September 24th with the tenth annual Jay Jennison Cup at the Palencia Club in St. Augustine, Florida


Basketball News
The Junior NBA Global Championships will start on Thursday (August 6th) and The Basketball Tournament will have quarterfinal games this evening


NCAA Women's Golf
Flagler will open their season at the Battle at Old South, hosted by UNC Pembroke, Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd


NCAA Men's Soccer
Flagler will open their season with two road games Friday, September 6th at Delta State and Sunday, September 8th at Mississippi College


WNBA Playoffs Watch- games today
The 14-6 Sun will host the Mercury, while the 14-6 Aces will travel to the 11-8 Sparks (Sparks-Aces 10 pm Eastern tip on ESPN2) 


NCAA Women's Soccer
Flagler will travel to Florida Tech in Melbourne, Florida on Saturday, September 7th to open their season. The contest will start at 5 pm Eastern


NCAA Men's Cross Country
Flagler will open their season Friday, September 6th at the VSU Border Clash hosted by Valdosta State